Shankar Chandran

Staff Product Manager @ Shopify

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

About

I specialize in turning ambiguity into clear, actionable roadmaps, rallying teams to execute under real-world constraints, and pivoting swiftly to build products that truly resonate with users. With deep expertise in eCommerce, I’ve been at the forefront of bringing the power of LLMs to developers who build for Shopify. From launching the Dev Assistan, an AI-powered tool for developer to enhancing the experience for Shopify developers in code editors like Cursor with Shopify Dev MCP, I thrive on leveraging AI for meaningful impact. To me, AI product development isn’t about building yet another chatbot, it’s about abstracting the toil away from users, making user journeys intuitive and more human ; Just tell us what you need and we will help get you there with the least amount of toil.

Experience

  • Shopify (3 yrs 7 mos)
    • Staff Product Manager
      Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

      Leads Shopify.dev, AI Powered tools for developers on Shopify Platform

    • Senior Product Manager
      Jan 2023 - Mar 2026 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      Leads Product for Shopify.dev, Developer tooling, Dev Assistant, Shopify-dev MCP server

  • Senior Product Manager, Adobe Commerce at Adobe
    Aug 2021 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Led a team of 5 engineers. Worked with multiple design, legal POC's. Introduced a solution for Adobe commerce merchants to have ready access to shopper actions / events across the Adobe experience cloud and 3P applications.

  • Dell Technologies (4 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Product Manager, Search (Dell B2B/B2C)
      Mar 2020 - Aug 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Led a team of 7 engineers 3 designers. Responsible for the masthead experience for all of Dell's global online customers. • Led the ideation, implementation and launch of a Unified Masthead/footer for all Dell online users. • Ideated a consistent and effective search experience for all of Dell's online users.

    • Senior Product Manager, Product Configurator (Dell.com B2B)
      Jun 2017 - Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Led an engineering team of six and a designer. Responsible for the configuration experience for Dell enterprise customers over 60 countries globally. • Ideated, tested, and launched a product recommendation service on the Dell configurator which generates an annual revenue of $12M. • Took initiative to execute a solution to eliminate customer facing configuration errors which helped increase revenue by $7M. • Iterated over 3 months to achieve a customer-centric configurator which enabled easier navigation and increased conversion to cart by 24%.

  • Product Manager Intern (eCommerce) at Dell
    May 2016 - Aug 2016 · 4 mos

  • Bosch (3 yrs 3 mos)
    • Software Engineer
      Apr 2013 - Aug 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Clients - Honda, Daihatsu • Part of customer engineering team that works exclusively for japanese customers. • Implemented an effective safety solution related to non-neutral engine start for Honda. • Completed a course and gained hands on experience on advanced testing equipment exclusively used by customer engineering teams.

    • Associate Software Engineer
      Jun 2012 - Apr 2013 · 11 mos

      Clients - Chrysler, Ford • Presented a comprehensive overview on 'Co-operative adaptive cruise control' technology. • Implemented an effective solution to utilize analog to digital converters instead of digital pins for chrysler • Completed a course on automobile embedded systems to improve my competency and for better quality assurance.